Perevod kak metod soveršenstvovanija lingvističeskoj i kommunikativnoj kompetencij učaščichsja na srednem i prodvinutom étape obučenija russkomu jazyku kak inostrannomu

The Use of Translation to Improve the Linguistic and Communicative Levels of Intermediate and Advanced Russian Language Students. This paper is the result teaching experience in Bulgaria focussing on two languages with the same root: Russian and Bulgarian. The authors describe a series of teaching exercises at both beginner and advanced level designed to eliminate language interference.